Former VA Governor McDonnell Guilty on 11 Counts

Yes, the man known as Governor Ultrasound or Transvaginal Bob has been found guilty. His very L.A. Law-style "my wife and I couldn't conspire, we can't stand each other!" defense did not work. And instead of being on the Vice Presidential short-list as he was in 2012, instead, Bob McDonnell just might be going to the pokey.

And that's just a little bit funny. Because you know that rampant homophobes like McDonnell have paranoid ideas of what prison is like.
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Virginia’s McDonnell guilty on 11 counts of corruption

. . .A jury has reached a verdict in the corruption trial of former Virginia governor Bob McDonnell and his wife Maureen. Both McDonnells were found guilty on the majority of the 14 criminal charges they were faced with. The ex-governor was convicted on 11 counts, including conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and his wife was found guilty on eight counts. Maureen McDonnell was also convicted of obstruction of an official proceeding. . .

Read more at: MSNBC

 

Wisconsin Flies Trans-Vaginal

Wisconsin Governor Scott Wanker Walker.
Image from source, ThinkProgress.org.

I'm still trying to figure out a) why Republicans go all "my way, or the highway," mean as hell, not afraid to appear douchey, you can just suck it when they get power, and b) why voters seem to forget that they act this way when they get power, and continue to vote them in.

And, I'm still trying to figure out what is accomplished by squashing access to birth control, restricting family planning access, pushing "abstinence only" education, something known to be a failure. . .and then also want to squash all access to abortion. It makes no kind of sense. And the dirty little secret is, Republicans have abortions too. I know this sort of legislation makes the shrinking base of the Republican Party have conservagasms, but what does it do to the rest of the populace? How do moderate Republican women, independent women, and unaffiliated women take this sort of draconian, anti-woman legislation? And why do the Republicans have to be such overt asses while they're passing this crap?

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Scott Walker Endorses Mandating Transvaginal Ultrasounds And Shutting Down Abortion Clinics

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) has thrown his support behind an anti-abortion measure that’s currently moving through the state legislature, saying he will sign the bill into law if it makes it to his desk. SB 206 would require women to undergo an ultrasound before getting an abortion — which would mandate an invasive transvaginal probe for some of the women who seek early abortions in their first trimester — and force one of the state’s last abortion clinics to close its doors. . .

Read more at: ThinkProgress

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